Umbilical truss.



No. 655,008. Patented July 3|, I900.

H. C. BASH.

UMBILICAL TRUSS.

(Application filed. May 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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. ivrraED STATES.

PATENT Erica.

HOWARD O. BASH, OF SALINA, KANSAS ASS IGNOR TO THE NATURAL BODY BRAOE COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

UMBILICAL TR'USS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,008, dated July 31, 1900.

. Application filed May 19, 1900- To' alt whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HOWARD C. RASH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Saline, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Navel Trusses, of which the followingis a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in trusses and abdominal supporters particularlyintended for use in cases of navel hernia.

The plates and pads heretofore used for navel rupture or hernia slip out of place easily and have to be applied so tightly as to be uncomfortable and injurious to the general health of the wearer and are not adapted to give the general abdominal support which is needed in almost all such cases.

My improved truss-plate is intended to give the needed support to the abdomen and is to be so sustained by an arrangement of belts and straps that the pad or presser will be firmly but lightly pressed against the hernia, holding it in position without injury and with the least possible inconvenience to the wearer and without danger of slipping.

With this object in view my invention consists in the truss-plate and abdominalsupporter and the means. for sustaining it in position, hereinafter described and claimed. 7

In the accompanying drawings,'Figure 1 shows my improved truss-plate in position, with the means by which itis sustained in position shown partly in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a front View of my improved truss-plate. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view.

In the drawings, l is my improved trussplate. This is curved vertically and transversely, as shown, to fit the general shape of the abdomen, and, as shown, is longer vertically than transversely. It is made of a single plate of thin material, which While retainingthe general shape shown is sufficiently flexible to be readily shaped by the hands to fit the individual wearer. Preferably this plate is made of sheet-brass of such composition' that it will have the qualityabove stated and is polished smooth, perforated, as shown, and nickel-plated, and has a flanged edge a. It may, however, be made of aluminium or Serial No. 17,229. (No model.)

other material. The truss-plate 1 is provided near its lower right and left hand corners with pads or pressers 2, projecting from its rear face, as shown in Patent No. 503,000, granted to me August 8, 1893, and centrally, near its upper edge, is provided with the pad or presser 3, projecting from its rear face, preferably circular in form, as shown.

The front face of the truss plate 1 is provided with cleats 4, formed bylugs 5, stamped from the material of the plate. Four of these cleats are provided, two in the lower portion of the plate, near the inner edges of the pads or pressers 2 2, and two in the upper portion of the plate, near the edge of the pad or presser 3.

"To the'cleats 1 are detachably secured, by means of clamp-plates 6, (shown in my patent before referred to,) the ends of belts 7 and 8. The upper belt 7, which is preferably narrow, as shown, and is preferably made of elastic material, is secured at the back of the wearer to the plate 9 on the upper ends of the springs 10. The lower belt 8, which is preferably broader and is preferably of non-elastic material, is secured at the back of the wearer to the plates 11 on the lower ends of the springs 10. The springs keep the belts apart at the back of the wearer. The belt Sin front near the clamp-plates 6 and also at the back of the wearer near the plate 11 may be provided with buckles 12, by which straps 13, prefer ably of soft non-elastic material, may be secured. These straps in use pass beneath the body of the wearer and serve to prevent the truss-plate and belts from slipping upward 1. A truss-plate and abdominal supporter for use in cases of navel hernia, formed of a single plate of thin slightly-flexible material,

' formed'therein near its lower ends at opposite sides rearwardly-projecting pads or pressers, and having also formed therein onits- "10 front face, means for engaging supporting belts or straps; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a truss-plate and abdominal support for use in cases of navel hernia, having its greater length in a vertical direction, and having a pad or presser near its upper end and pads or pressers near its lower end, and provided on its front face, near its upper end and also near its lower end, with cleats, of upper and lower belts provided respectively with means for detachably engaging the upper and lower'cleats on the plate,means for holding the belts apart at the back of the wearer, and straps connected to one of said belts and adapted to pass about the shoulders of the wearer; substantially as described.

3. The combination with a truss-plate and abdominal support for use in cases of navel hernia, having its greater length in a vertical direction, and having apad or presser near'its upper end and pads or pressers near its lower end and provided on its front face near its upper end and also near itslower end with cleats, of upper and lower belts provided respectively with means for engaging the upper and-lower cleats on the plate, means for holding the belts apart. in rear of the wearenstraps connected to one of said belts in rear of the wearer and adapted to pass be neath the body of the'wearer, and means for connecting such straps to the belt in front of the wearer; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. HOWARD CLRASH.

Witnesses:.

A. O. MOYER, '(J. L. DoDeE. v 

